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anatomical Wonder |
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Gentleman Fakir |
Contortion
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Mixing Front Bending contortion with handbalance Bendini is able to dismante his body through multiple tennis rackets, balance on precarious things in unusual shapes as well as distorting and contorting his body in fantastic ways.
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Pegface
Escapology Sword Swallowing Bed of Nails Glass Walking Human Pincushion Human Blockhead Human Ash Tray |
Able to fit an astonishingly large amount of clothes pegs on his face, as well as arms, legs chest and pretty much any part of his body.
Using his great flexibility Bendini escapes from conventional everyday objects such as the cling film and duct tape. Perhaps one of the most dangerous of the sideshow arts real steel swords are pushed down the throat into the stomach. Bendini performs shows in which audience members can remove the sword from inside him as well as swallowing multiple blades. The iconic fakir act, not only is the bed of nails laid upon but an audience member is asked to come and stand on Bendini If the bed of nails isn't enough freshly broken glass will be walked on, stomped on, rolled in and have Bendinis face pressed into it Another traditional act famously performed as part of the Thaipusam festival. Bendini will stick pins, skewers and hypodermics through his arms, body neck and face. As well as this a Staple gun can be used to fix various adornments to his body. Not for the faint hearted. Using a hammer and a nail, or perhaps a shoe and a spoon, Bendini will bang various objects into the centre of his face, this is then filled up by using a power drill. Taking an unmodified lit cigarette Bendini will quite happily extinguish it on his tongue. |